Shakespeare coined the phrase ‘hoist with his own petard’. What is a petard?
Underwear
A window
Shoelaces
A bomb
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Cheers actor George Wendt died on May 20. In which city was the famous sitcom set?
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
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By what name is singer Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor better known?
Lady Gaga
Lizzo
Rihanna
Lorde
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Which Liberal Party candidate went head to head with Nicolette Boele in Bradfield in the 2025 federal election?
Amelia Hamer
Keith Wolahan
Michael Sukkar
Gisele Kapterian
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Bassist Nikki Sixx has played with which famous rock band since 1981?
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
Mötley Crüe
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Which band had a hit with Poison Ivy in 1959?
The Drifters
Four Tops
The Coasters
The Cadillacs
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How many countries begin with Q?
Three
Five
One
Twelve
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Simon & Garfunkel sang about which architect on their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water?
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Zaha Hadid
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Gehry
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Laurel Canyon is a neighbourhood in which US city?
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Seattle
San Francisco
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What was the original name of the city of Melbourne?
Port Phillip
New Melbourne
Batmania
Swanston
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Which movie was awarded the 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture?
Maestro
Poor Things
Barbie
Oppenheimer
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Which artist was a pioneer of the ‘drip technique’ in abstract expressionism?
Franz Kline
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Willem de Kooning
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In Japanese Noh theatre, what is the primary role of the ‘shite’?
Comic relief
Narrator
Chorus leader
Main protagonist
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Which director is known for the long, single-take shots in films such as Children of Men and Gravity?
Paul Thomas Anderson
Alfonso Cuarón
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Denis Villeneuve
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Which Chinese dynasty was overthrown during the 1911 Xinhai Revolution?
Yuan
Song
Qing
Ming
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Which Australian Prime Minister was known for the slogan ‘It’s Time’?
Gough Whitlam
Paul Keating
Malcolm Fraser
Bob Hawke
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What was the real name of Che Guevara?
Alberto
Carlos
Ernesto
Julio
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Which historical figure was known as 'The Desert Fox'?
Douglas MacArthur
Erwin Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
George S. Patton
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Who starred alongside Bruce Willis in the 1985 detective agency comedy Moonlighting?
Annette Bening
Christine Baranski
Jodie Foster
Cybill Shepherd
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The House of Habsburg ruled over much of Europe for centuries. Which modern country was its primary seat of power?
Germany
Austria
France
Hungary
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